After years of making inroads in sports ranging from baseball to soccer, the computers are taking over hockey now too.
The National Hockey League signed a deal with Amazon.com Inc. for advanced data, analytics and video capabilities to give fans and teams high-technology features that have already filtered into other sports. That could be a selling point for legions of hockey-lovers whose only choice during Covid has been to watch games from home.
Soon the speed of a puck may appear on viewers’ screens or they may see analytics predicting the outcome of a face-off or the probability of a ...
